Increasing the number of Russian armed forces to 1,320,000 military personnel

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Tass” news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin, determined the number of employees of the country’s armed forces at 2,209,130 ​​people, including 1,320,000 military personnel. He signed the relevant decree last night, Friday (December 1). This resolution has entered into force from the date of its signing.

In the message published on the official website of the Kremlin Palace, it is stated: The Government of the Russian Federation has allocated the necessary budget from the budget The federal government assigns the Ministry of Defense to the Ministry of Defense for the implementation of paragraph 1 of the decree (related to the increase in the number of employees of the armed forces). The reason for the increase of 170,000 people in the army’s maximum manpower is that the mobilization announcement was not foreseen and not needed. The number of military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is implemented in stages by acquiring citizens who wish to perform military service under the contract with the army.” that the increase in the number of employees of the armed forces was caused by increasing threats, including the continuous expansion of NATO towards the borders of the Russian Federation. Medvedev: more than 452 thousand people from On January 1, they joined the Russian armed forces.

He said: According to the information of the Ministry of Defense, in the whole country from January 1st of this year to December 1st, more than 452,000 people have been recruited for military service on a contractual basis in line with the interests of the joint group of armed forces.

At the same time, Medvedev noted that active recruitment for contract service in the port of Sevastopol, Chechnya, and Moscow has attracted the attention of citizens more than other regions.

Earlier, in mid-November, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the early completion of the Russian Defense Ministry’s program to recruit contract soldiers to serve in the armed forces. According to him, currently about 47 thousand people in Moscow have signed such a contract with the army. A thousand volunteer soldiers were recruited for contract service. According to him, the number of these citizens is increasing. Medvedev added: The work to recruit contract soldiers will continue next year.

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